Basketball
Will the Germans win in the end? Wrong, Olympiacos…
Sasha was unstoppable, Fal was terrible and Greece’s national team has no walkup. Olympiacos, on a night away from their very good selves, also closed Bayern’s home and directly threatened… the World Cup. Pantelis Diamantopoulos writes.
Olympiacos will also have them on these evenings. Strange evenings when in 40 minutes his performance will look like a cardiogram. The “red and white” will continue to close houses for the time being. The people (I’m talking about the Greeks) who came to the Bayern stadium were happy about the victory, which wasn’t easy. There wasn’t much to offer.
Wicked lies, two players pulled the cart and just those who stood next to them, some fought, others surrendered. But what did we say above? There will also be these evenings. The help in defense of Bayern (in the red pick n roll) confused Olympiakos several times.
As he himself did to his opponents. But with such an unstoppable Vezenkov and Fal (he played one position alone) it’s difficult, very difficult for a team of Bayern’s quality to do any damage.
In the difficult times, the ball passed close to Fal and he found the passes for free shots many times. Bayern played the German national team card with fruit, but our national team didn’t have a walkup.
Olympiacos did and once the American stuck with him, the German did less than he could. Bartzoka’s team’s aggressive defense restored order. Once they had the ball, they worked with the extra pass, forcing Bayern to fumble and eventually surrender.
Doll and Monster!
He… took it and got it for Trinchieri’s team in the first half. Olympiakos played very good basketball on both sides of the court. The variety of threats combined with Vezenkov’s super start forced the Italian coach to request more than a minute in the television time-out. His players made mistakes in front of a hopeless defense. And that was the first “key” for Bartzokas.
Getting the water in the groove against a team that – generally – plays good basketball gives you the comfort of maintaining your menacing image, in addition to the psychology. But how long? What I’ve written so far has been nice, huh?
Yes, except the first quarter Olympic doll was replaced with a basketball monster in the second third. The team that fielded 27 then added 13. But on offense, well, you can never do business. Some of Sluka’s decisions didn’t fall out during this period. But what happens on defense?
For defense…
So the situation has eluded any sensible group with a correct mindset. The Germans circulated the ball intelligently and patiently. They reduced the mistakes and found good shots. They insisted it’s true. They took advantage of Fal’s absence. The Frenchman was invincible. Once out, Trinchieri approached the painting with ease.
Olympiacos, who conceded 11 points in that period, scored 23 in the second. And the +6 that Piraeus sent into the dressing room made Bartzokas, who had “taken a candle down” from the last half-time timeouts, lament terribly.
Without Papanikolaou, the team loses the player who is everywhere. But he has played without Kostas other times. And some of them were covered for his absence.
This time the Pope was more than necessary. And you all know very well that without those who don’t see everything in a basketball game realizing that we are talking about the best player of the tournament.
For those who only have point stats, Kostas does not appear. But for everything else, it’s a pillar. Mistake. There are two pillars. And in Munich, however often he was off the field, no one could keep the … structure.
Fal and Boloboi
What we saw in the first half wasn’t too far removed from the second. Canaan was benched early after causing a mess. Sloukas came into play earlier, he was calmer than in the second half and that helped the Piraeus side to escape again. Hunter gave him a lot of trouble, but it wasn’t enough.
Of course, the Germans never gave up. If they stopped, it wouldn’t be Bayern. Also, the team did not have a good night with Boloboi. Fal couldn’t stay inside, Trinchieri’s big men took advantage of the situation, renewed their attacks and turned the game into a derby in the end.
Vezhenkov was again the most consistent. Whoever deposited the racket saw old friend Othello Hunter waiting in a wild mood. Bartzokas went through the entire second half with seven players. He massively shortened the rotation and, unlike other times, chose not to straddle and confuse the team. Speaking of which, the second quarter showed him a lot and bad…
Blue-Yellow Continuity
That evening in Munich he liked Olympiakos, although I repeat he had problems. Papanikolaou overdid it. Larentzakis suggested it was down a gear and Lountzis didn’t play. A few 24 hours ago, these three gave their all for our national team to come to the World Cup.
With a better Bavarian opponent, I don’t know if Sasha and Fal’s defense and walkup would be enough. Now it’s Devil’s Week and the team is asked to compete against two teams of the same color. First in Tel Aviv with Maccabi and then in SEF with Alba. Fast opponents with an open court basketball.
The red plate is good so far, he doesn’t “chew” far from his homeland and bad lies of the Olympiakos basketball team are a reason not to watch the World Cup…
Source: sport 24
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Nine games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 27-28.
“San Antonio” hosted “Utah” and suffered a sensational defeat.
Spurs had a good first quarter, during which they made a 15:2 spurt to take an 11-point lead at 30:19, but failed to build on it or at least maintain it. In the second quarter, the Jazz responded with a 25:5 attack and took the lead 62:51 with the same 11 points. Utah then kept the opponent at bay for more than 10 points until the middle of the fourth quarter, when Spurs equalized the score – 106:106, thanks to a 14:2 breakthrough. However, the home team could not achieve this success and failed at the end of the match. In the last three minutes of the game, San Antonio scored 2 points and lost them with a score of 2:11 and had a score of 114:127 throughout the match.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He was in Utah’s starting five and stayed on the field for 14 minutes, during which time he scored 3 points (1/1 three-pointers), also made 1 rebound and 1 assist with 1 loss and 1 foul.
The most productive player of the match was Vembanyama, who brought 32 points to Spurs, but this did not help them achieve positive results. Jazz has 29 points from Markkanen and 28 points from George.
“Chicago” lost at home to “Milwaukee”, where Giannis Antetokounmpo returned.
The Bucks gained a minimal advantage in the first quarter and then gradually increased it, eventually winning all quarters of the match and winning with a score of 103:112.
In this game, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player, scoring 29 points for Milwaukee. Portis also scored a double-double for the guest team with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
NBA. Regular season, December 28
San Antonio – Utah – 114:127 (40:32, 20:38, 27:28, 27:29)
San Antonio: Vembanyama (32 + 7 rebounds + 5 blocks), Castle (20 + 7 assists), Vassell (11), Shempeni (4), Barnes (3) – start; K. Johnson (27 + 10 rebounds), Harper (7 + 7 rebounds + 12 assists), Cornet (7 + 8 rebounds), Brian (3), Sohan (0), McLaughlin (0), Waters (0).
Utah: Markkanen (29), George (28 + 6 assists), Nurkic (16 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists), Sensabaugh (11), Mikhailyuk (3) – start; Clayton (17), Williams (8), Collier (7), Filippovski (6 + 6 assists), Hendricks (2).
Chicago – Milwaukee – 103:112 (26:28, 24:26, 30:31, 23:27)
Chicago: White (16 + 5 losses), Vucevic (16 + 7 rebounds), Giddy (13 + 7 rebounds + 9 assists), Okoro (10), Buzelis (8) – start; Dosunmu (11), Collins (10 + 10 rebounds), Herter (7), Smith (6 + 10 rebounds), Jones (6 + 6 assists), Williams (0).
Milwaukee: Y. Antetokounmpo (29 + 8 rebounds), Rollins (20 + 7 rebounds), Turner (13), Porter (8 + 9 assists), Green (6) – start; Portis (17 + 11 rebounds), Kuzma (12), Sims (4), G. Harris (3).
Sacramento-Dallas-113:107 (31:23, 28:21, 29:33, 25:30)
sacramento: Westbrook (21 + 9 assists), Ellis (21), Reynaud (19), DeRozan (9 + 6 assists), Achiuwa (5 + 9 rebounds) – start; Schroeder (10), McDermott (9), Clifford (8+9 rebounds), Monk (7), Cardwell (4+8 rebounds).
dallas: Flagg (23 + 5 turnovers), Washington (17 + 4 blocks), Gafford (11 + 7 rebounds), Christie (9 + 7 rebounds), Nembhard (9) – start; Thompson (14), Marshall (11), Russell (7), Hardy (5), Powell (1 + 11 rebounds), Caleb Martin (0), Cisse (0).
New Orleans – Phoenix – 114:123 (33:32, 22:33, 30:28, 29:30)
New Orleans: Murphy (24), Quinn (21 + 11 rebounds), Fiers (18 + 8 rebounds), Bay (17), McGowens (0) – start; Williamson (22), Alvarado (7), Missy (4 + 8 rebounds), Poole (1), Peavy (0).
Phoenix: Booker (20), Brooks (18), Gillespie (17 + 7 rebounds + 7 assists), O’Neal (15), Ighodaro (8 + 10 rebounds) – start; Goodwin (16 + 9 rebounds), Buey (12), Williams (10 + 8 rebounds), Fleming (5), Richards (2), Livers (0).
Orlando-Denver-127:126 (23:31, 25:31, 36:31, 43:33)
orlando: Black (38), Bane (24 + 6 assists), Carter (18 + 7 rebounds), Banchero (12 + 6 assists), Jones (0 + 6 assists) – start; da Silva (17), Kane (7), Isaac (5), Richardson (4), Penda (2), Howard (0).
Denver: Jokic (34 + 21 rebounds + 12 assists), J. Murray (24), Hardaway (20), Watson (15), Jones (14) – start; Strother (13), Valanciunas (4), B. Brown (2), Pickett (0).
Atlanta – New York – 125:128 (27:33, 28:35, 34:30, 36:30)
of Atlanta: Okongwu (31 + 14 rebounds), Johnson (20 + 9 rebounds + 12 assists), Daniels (13 + 8 rebounds + 9 assists), Young (9 + 10 assists + 5 turnovers), Risache (4) – start; Alexander-Walker (25), Newell (12), Krejci (9), Kennard (2), Guay (0).
New York: Towns (36 + 16 rebounds), Brunson (34), Anunoby (15 + 10 rebounds), Bridges (14 + 8 assists), Diawara (5) – start; McCullar (13 + 8 rebounds), Robinson (6 + 9 rebounds), Clarkson (3), Colic (2).
Miami – Indiana – 142:116 (29:28, 30:32, 39:34, 44:22)
Miami: Wiggins (28), Powell (23), Larsson (16 + 7 assists), Weir (15 + 7 rebounds), Mitchell (0) – start; Jaques (28), Jovic (19 + 7 rebounds + 7 assists), Smith (5), Yakucionis (4), Johnson (2), Fontecchio (2), Gardner (0).
indiana: Siakam (33 + 7 rebounds + 5 losses), Maturin (25 + 5 losses), Nembhard (15 + 16 assists), Huff (11), Furphy (9 + 7 rebounds) – start; Nesmith (9), Jackson (4), Walker (3), Bradley (3), Jones (2), Potter (2), Thompson (0), Peter (0).
Minnesota – Brooklyn – 107:123 (30:33, 33:29, 23:36, 21:25)
Minnesota: Edwards (28 + 7 rebounds), McDaniels (16), Randle (13 + 11 assists), DiVincenzo (11 + 6 assists), Gobert (6 + 8 rebounds) – start; Reed (13), Dillingham (7), Clark (6), Hyland (4), Juzeng (3), Beranger (0), Miller (0).
Brooklyn: Porter (27 + 10 rebounds), Claxton (14), Clowney (11), Demin (7), Menn (2) – start; Thomas (30), Wolf (11), Sharpe (10), Powell (7), Traore (4), Wilson (0).
Houston – Cleveland – 117:100 (32:24, 28:22, 30:17, 27:37)
Houston: Durant (30 + 7 assists), Smith (15 + 7 rebounds), Thompson (13 + 9 rebounds), Eason (9), Adams (9 + 8 rebounds) – start; Sheppard (18 + 8 assists + 5 steals), Okogie (8), Capela (4 + 8 rebounds), Davison (3), Green (3), Finney-Smith (3), A. Holiday (2), Tate (0).
cleveland: Mitchell (16 + 6 assists), Merrill (13), Garland (12), Wade (6), Allen (6) – starts; Tyson (23 + 15 rebounds), Proctor (7), Bryant (7 + 7 rebounds), E. Mobley (4), Hunter (2), Porter (2), Ball (2).
Source: Sport UA
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The Brooklyn Nets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in an away match of the NBA regular season.
The meeting in Minneapolis ended with a score of 123:107 (33:30, 29:33, 36:23, 25:21) in favor of the guests. The most productive players of the match were Nets guard Cameron Thomas (30 points) and Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (28).
Brooklyn’s Russian point guard Egor Demin scored seven points, made three assists and two rebounds in 26 minutes on the floor.
Brooklyn has won four of its last five games. Demin’s team takes 13th place in the Eastern Conference (10 wins/19 losses). Minnesota (20/12) is in sixth position in the West.
Results of other matches of the game day:
Sacramento Kings – Dallas Mavericks – 113:107
New Orleans Pelicans – Phoenix Suns – 114:123
Orlando Magic – Denver Nuggets – 127:126
Chicago Bulls – Milwaukee Bucks – 103:112
San Antonio Spurs – Utah Jazz – 114:127
Miami Heat – Indiana Pacers – 142:116
Houston Rockets – Cleveland Cavaliers – 117:100
Source: Sportbox
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Greek “Panathinaikos” The team faced serious personnel problems due to the flu epidemic.
Eight players and three members of the coaching staff were immediately diagnosed with influenza A with severe symptoms.
Panathinaikos has shown good form in recent matches, but flu A has spread to Greece and has affected the team, which will most likely lead to the postponement of the Greek championship match against Maroussi, scheduled for December 27.
The problem is not only related to the championship match, but also to the derby against Olympiacos in the Euroleague, which is scheduled for January 2, as the epidemic prevents the team’s normal preparations.
Since many players have severe symptoms, no one can say for sure how the disease will progress and when everyone will be healthy.
The names of the sick people have not been disclosed at this time.
Source: Sport UA
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